Cablegate: Morocco Considers U.S. Request for Shaping Oslo

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUEST FOR SHAPING OSLO
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REF: STATE 47101

On May 9, 2008, Poloff provided Moroccan Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Counselor to the Director General for Bilateral
Relations Karim Halim with a summary of the U.S. position on
the ongoing Oslo process and encouraged the Government of
Morocco to support reftel recommended amendments to the Oslo
process draft text on cluster bombs. Halim said that he
would pass the information to relevant members of his
ministry and give it full consideration.

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